Portal:Louisville
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Culture · Geography · Health · History · Mathematics · Nature · Philosophy · Religion · Society · Technology  Louisville is Kentucky's largest city. It is ranked as either the 17th or 27th largest city in the United States depending on how the population is calculated. The settlement that became the City of Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark and is named after King Louis XVI of France. Louisville is famous as the home of "The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports": the Kentucky Derby, the widely watched first race of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. Louisville is situated in north-central Kentucky on the Kentucky-Indiana border at the only natural obstacle in the Ohio River, the Falls of the Ohio. Because it includes counties in Southern Indiana, the Louisville metropolitan area is regularly referred to as Kentuckiana, with the Indiana counties themselves called the Sunnyside of Louisville. Notable residents have included inventor Thomas Edison, the first Jewish Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, boxing legend Muhammad Ali, newscaster Diane Sawyer, and writer Hunter S. Thompson.  They typically held a minimum of 50 artillerists and 200 infantrymen, with four to six cannon. Twelve batteries were to back up eleven forts in an 10 and a half mile arc around the city, relying on the Ohio River to protect the city's northern flank. They were placed in prominent positions, where they could engage in a cross-fire of opposing forces. The forts' length were between 550 and 700 feet, with walls fifteen to thirty feet thick, and six to eight feet high.  
 On July 10, 1863, the Confederate cavalry under John Hunt Morgan captured Salem, as part of his Indiana raid. Among the pillaged items were calico, bird cages, and ice skates.
 The complex includes the four-deck Glory of Rome riverboat, which houses the gaming area; it is the largest riverboat in the United States, and the largest riverboat casino in the world. Other amenities include a hotel, a pavilion with four restaurants and a showroom, two parking decks, and a golf course.  Pitino is considered by many to be one of the first coaches to promote fully taking advantage of the 3-point shot, first adopted by the NCAA in 1987. By exploiting the 3-point shot, his teams at Kentucky in the early 1990s were known as Pitino's Bombinos, as a significant portion of the offensive points came from the 3-point shot. Even now, Pitino's teams are known for the 3-point threat and all of his teams rank towards the top in 3-point attempts per season.
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